The Coronavirus Crisis
Citing the Pandemic, CBP Has Expelled Newborn U.S. Citizens With Their Migrant Mothers
Three mothers said they weren't told they were being sent to Mexico and didn't immediately receive proof of citizenship for their infants.
Justice
Reality Winner Endures Holiday Hardships as Advocates Turn to Biden for Reprieve
In the last year of her harsh sentence, the NSA whistleblower’s bid for clemency is gaining backers.
The Florida Supreme Court Is Radically Reshaping Death Penalty Law
The newly conservative court has overturned decades of precedent that provided a check on unconstitutional death sentences.
Voices
Deb Haaland's Tough Road Ahead at the Interior Department
Haaland will have to overcome the Interior’s legacy of colonialism and fossil fuel plunder — as well as her boss’s moderate centrism.
Border Patrol Politicization Was Explicit Under Trump. It's Up to Biden to Contain It.
The next head of DHS will need to grapple with the insular, hard-right worldview held by influential border and immigration officials.
Out for Blood
The Death Penalty’s Other Victims
In the shadow of Trump’s execution spree, the families of the condemned share a particular trauma that few can understand.
How a Man Serving Life Without Parole for $20 of Weed Gained His Freedom
Innocence Project New Orleans lawyers relied on a July court ruling to make a case for Fate Winslow’s release. He’d been in prison for 12 years.
Exposing Boy Scouts Sex Abuse Turned Into Battle of Press Freedom Against Powerful Interests
The film “Church and the Fourth Estate” tells the story of how the Boy Scouts tried to cover up a massive scandal of child sexual abuse.
Protests for Black Lives
Detroit is Suing Black Lives Matter Protesters for “Civil Conspiracy”
The city’s lawsuit came after protesters won a restraining order against Detroit cops for their violent response to the George Floyd protests.
A New Bill Aims to End Police Raids Like the One That Killed Breonna Taylor
Legislation introduced in New York this week is the latest, most ambitious effort to keep police from breaking into people’s homes.